Law and Sociology

Hardcover | March 9, 2006

Law and Sociology contains a broad range of essays by scholars interested in the interactions between law and sociology. In common with earlier volumes in the Current Legal Issues series, it seeks both a theoretical and methodological focus. The volume includes amongst other topics, a sociology of jurisprudence, an examination of the social dynamics of regulatory interactions, and a consideration of the place of legal culture in the sociology of law.

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Law and Sociology contains a broad range of essays by scholars interested in the interactions between law and sociology. In common with earlier volumes in the Current Legal Issues series, it seeks both a theoretical and methodological focus. The volume includes amongst other topics, a sociology of jurisprudence, an examination of the s...

Michael Freeman is Professor of English Law at University College London.

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Michael Freeman: Law and SociologyRoger Cotterrell: From "Living Law" to the "Death of the Social" - Sociology in Legal TheoryRichard Nobles and David Schiff: A Sociology of JurisprudenceJohn Griffiths: The Idea of Sociology of Law and Its Relation To Law and To SociologyHamish Ross: The Pure Theory of Law and Interpretive Sociology or A Basis for InterdisciplinarityJulian Webb: When 'Law and Sociology' is not Enough: Transdisciplinarity and the Problem of ComplexityBettina Lange: Social dynamics of regulatory interactions: An exploration of three sociological perspectivesDaphne Barak-Erez: Law in Society: A Unifying Power or a Source of Conflict?Iain Stewart: The Use of LawDennis Patterson: Notes on the Methodology Debate in Contemporary Jurisprudence: Why Sociologists Might Be Interested?Krzysztof Motyka: Law and Sociology: The Petrazyckian PerspectiveTim Murphy: Durkheim in ChinaMadalena Duarte: When The Law is Emancipatory: The Power of Law in the Social Movements' StrugglesJoseph Saunders: Law, Norma and Lay Tribunals: Economics, Sociology and the Re-emergence of Norms in the Study of LawJanne Polonen: Sociology of Roman LawLawrence Friedman: The Place of Legal Culture in the Sociology of LawKaterina Sideri: The European Commission, Phronetic Judgement and the Regulation of Computer-Implemented Inventions by Patent LawDavid Hirsh: Cosmopolitan Law: Agency and NarrativeRobert van Krieken: The Socio-Legal Construction of the 'Best Interest of the Child': Law's Autonomy, Sociology and Family LawHelen Reece: From Parental Responsibility to Parenting ResponsibilityBogumila Puchalska: Social perceptions of Law After CommunismIssachar Rosen-Zvi: 'Pigs in Space': Geographic Separation in Multicultural SocietiesMohamed S. Wahab: Cultural Globalization and Public Policy: Exclusion of Law In The Global VillageJames Marshall: Are Small-Town Lawyers Positivist About the Law?Vincenzo Ferrari: Sociology of Law for Legal Education: Italian Experiences